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Introduction to Neurogenesis

Dr Carolyn Dean
Dr Carolyn Dean

Until relatively recently, most neuroscientists believed that humans are born with all the neurons they are ever going to have. During childhood, we may produce new neurons to help build neural circuits, the pathways that serve as information highways connecting different locations of the brain. However, it was believed that once this neural circuit was established, adding new neurons would simply disrupt the flow of information throughout the brain, essentially disabling its communication system.

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Neurogenesis Dr Carolyn Dean is a medical doctor and naturopath. She has authored and co-authored over 35 books Introduction to
2 Introduction to Neurogenesis Until relatively recently, most neuroscientists believed that humans are born with all the neurons they are ever going to have. Dr. Carolyn Dean During childhood, we may produce new neurons to help build neural circuits, the pathways that serve as information highways con- necting different locations of the brain. However, it was believed that once this neural circuit was established, add- ing new neurons would sim- ply disrupt the flow of infor- mation throughout the brain,
3 essentially disabling its communica- tion system. Scientist Joseph Altman challenged this view in 1962, have witnessed the birth of neurons in the hippocampus of an adult rat. In 1979, fellow scientist Michael Kaplan confirmed Joseph Alt- mans findings. These discoveries regarding neuro- genesis were quite controversial at the time. However, in the 1980s, Fer- nando Nottebohm and his team of re- searchers established that neurons in the brains of male canaries increased dramatically during mating season, enabling the birds to attract females by learning new songs. Nottebohm thought this concept could apply to mammals too. Later, Elizabeth Gould found evidence of newborn neurons in the brains of monkeys, with Peter Eriksson and Fred Gage subsequently discovering that humans produced new neurons in a similar area of the brain.
the blog of You can learn more about neural pathways in the human body by visiting Dr. Carolyne Dean

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Introduction to Neurogenesis

  • 1. Neurogenesis Dr Carolyn Dean is a medical doctor and naturopath. She has authored and co-authored over 35 books Introduction to
  • 2. 2 Introduction to Neurogenesis Until relatively recently, most neuroscientists believed that humans are born with all the neurons they are ever going to have. Dr. Carolyn Dean During childhood, we may produce new neurons to help build neural circuits, the pathways that serve as information highways con- necting different locations of the brain. However, it was believed that once this neural circuit was established, add- ing new neurons would sim- ply disrupt the flow of infor- mation throughout the brain,
  • 3. 3 essentially disabling its communica- tion system. Scientist Joseph Altman challenged this view in 1962, have witnessed the birth of neurons in the hippocampus of an adult rat. In 1979, fellow scientist Michael Kaplan confirmed Joseph Alt- mans findings. These discoveries regarding neuro- genesis were quite controversial at the time. However, in the 1980s, Fer- nando Nottebohm and his team of re- searchers established that neurons in the brains of male canaries increased dramatically during mating season, enabling the birds to attract females by learning new songs. Nottebohm thought this concept could apply to mammals too. Later, Elizabeth Gould found evidence of newborn neurons in the brains of monkeys, with Peter Eriksson and Fred Gage subsequently discovering that humans produced new neurons in a similar area of the brain.
  • 4. the blog of You can learn more about neural pathways in the human body by visiting Dr. Carolyne Dean